The results 07.12: Successor of Merkel and the rise in oil prices

In Germany elected a new head of the CDU; the oil has risen on the background of the transaction OPEC+: Корреспондент.net presents the main events of yesterday.

In Germany elected a new head of the CDU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in recent times gave a speech at the party Congress of the Christian democratic Union and officially resigned as its President.

The new leader of the CDU became Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. For her candidacy in the second round vote of 517 delegates from 999.

Note, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko congratulated her on the victory and declared that counts on the personal support of crump-Karrenbauer on the implementation of reforms in Ukraine and the aggression of the Russian Federation.

understood what can be expected from the successor to Merkel.

On the background of the transaction OPEC+ dramatically increased the price of oil

World oil prices reference marks rose sharply on the news of a deal OPEC+.

Brent crude in London rose by 3.56 of the dollar and the price of WTI in new York has increased by 2.68 to the dollar. Since the beginning of this week Brent rose by 6%, WTI – by more than 5%.

Ukraine and Lithuania have agreed on cooperation

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed with the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia grybauskaitė, the document on partnership between the two countries.

The two leaders agreed on a roadmap for the development of strategic partnerships in 2019-2020.

Also Poroshenko and Grybauskaite exchanged awards. So, the President awarded the President of Lithuania the order of Liberty, and from it received the order of Vytautas the Great.

Ukrainian farmers have cut state aid

The Verkhovna Rada has introduced amendments to the state budget for the year 2018, reducing the funding for the three programs to support farmers.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman announced a large-scale inspection of the gas companies.

To check the activities of the operators of gas distribution networks the group will be created composed of representatives of the national Commission carrying out regulation in the sphere of energy and utilities, Ministry of energy and coal industry, Ministry of regional development, construction and housing.

For Ukraine, NATO has proposed five areas of reform

NATO has set for Ukraine’s five core areas of security sector reform and defence for the year 2019.

As the head of the NATO Mission in Ukraine Alexander Vinnikov, the main reform of the defence sector relate to the SBU, the intelligence services and the control of classified information.